Films made by young people affected by a brain tumour diagnosis.
The HeadSmart – be brain tumour aware campaign was officially launched in London on Wednesday 8th June. HeadSmart is a new joint campaign by the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, the Royal College of Paediatrics […]
Another fantastic live debate originally broadcast on 19th April 2011. Presented by ex-brain tumour patient Peter Wilkinson discusses the key points of the Brain Tumour manifesto which highlights a need for early diagnosis, better quality of treatment and need for […]
Here we meet Sam White who is a young teenager from Newark. Sam was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour and had to spend a lot of his time in hospital due to how poorly he was. Here Sam is […]
Peter shares with us his very personal experience of how he dealt with his body changing during treatment for a brain tumour. From massive weight gain to massive weight loss, and the problems caused by such quick changes.
For the second year running Peter, his family and friends put on their superhero costumes to raise much needed money for the hospital where Peter was treated – Weston Park Hospital. Friends and family share their feelings on how they […]
Peter describes being on an adult ward after surgery for a brain tumour, and then on a teenage and young adult ward.
The Developing Brain in Neuro-Oncology conference, which took place April 2008 at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Here is what happened at the conferences debate.
In this third instalment of the Headspace series, we hear about a range of issues concerning post treatment of brain tumours, with the team of past young patients offering advice based on their first hand experience of dealing with such […]
Continuing with the Headspace series, we hear more from former brain tumour patients Sarah, Jonny, Rebecca, Ashley, Curtis and Craig. Talking about the physical, emotional and learning difficulties faced post treatment, we discover each case is very different, often depending […]
As part of Headspace, videos related to and concerning the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours, created to help other patients in similar situations, we hear from a series of former patients, all sharing their experience of living with a […]
A highly informative and insightful film covering all there is to know about The Developing Brain in Neuro-Oncology conference, which took place back in April 2008 at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Looking closely at the needs of teenagers and young […]
The day of the walk has finally come and Team Peter are out in force, t shirts on, raring to go! With current world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis present to set proceedings off, along with The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, […]